FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Junta holds NDSC meeting on eve of coup anniversary The regime’s National Defense and Security Council (NDSC) meeting was held on Jan. 31 in Naypyidaw. Regime media reported that the meeting had described Burma’s situation as being “still in an abnormal position where attempts are being made to gain state authority …
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Hundreds of garment workers fired in Yangon, Another NLD MP receives long prison sentence
FROM DVB NEWSROOM Hundreds of garment workers fired in Yangon More than 300 workers at YFA garment factory in Yangon’s Shwe Pyi Thar Township were fired on Nov. 29, according to the Solidarity of Trade Union Myanmar (STUM). “The workers were forced to resign as if it was their decision. If they refuse to do …
NLD MPs receive long prison sentences, AYA Bank set to go public
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM NLD parliamentarians receive long prison sentences Two ousted National League of Democracy (NLD) parliamentarians from Ayeyarwaddy Region were sentenced to 26 years in prison. The Myawaddy District Court convicted the two under the Counter Terrorism Act on Nov. 28. They were arrested in December 2021 during a Burma Army raid on …
NLD office seized in Mon State, Former security chief for DASSK sentenced
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Toyota factory opens in Burma Toyota Motor Corporation announced on Oct. 12 that it has begun assembling automobiles at its factory in Burma, according to Reuters. Read more about the story here. Former security official receives prison sentence A Naypyidaw court sentenced Aung Naing Oo to 10 years in prison on …
New USDP Chair continues with "Big Lie" over NLD election fraud claims
Khin Yi replaced Than Htay as the new chairperson of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP). After stepping down from his leading role, Than Htay said he takes responsibility for failing to win the 2020 election for the party and that he was unable to protect 2,000 party members killed since the coup. A close …
Tortured body of third NLD MP discovered after military raid on Bilin township
The body of Kyaw Myo Min — an NLD Hluttaw MP for Mon State’s Bilin township — was discovered yesterday, NLD and PDF members told DVB. He was one of a group of three NLD representatives captured and killed by troops during a June 22 offensive in Bilin. The politician’s body was discovered hidden in …